"Central Command had published a concept brief on 4 October 2004 via email," Lieutenant Colonel John Reynolds recalled, "that had laid out the requirements to conduct full-spectrum counterinsurgency operations to destroy anti-Iraqi forces (AIF)...

A veteran of two post-9/11 deployments to Iraq, Major Victor Delacruz commanded Bravo Battery, 6-27 Field Artillery, operating out of Balad (LSA Anaconda), from April to November 2003. Then, from November 2004 to March 2005, he returned with 75th...